The Transmission of UV Light through Polarized Film

This experiment was done to investigate how UV light transmission is affected by simple polarized film. An OceanOptics DT-Mini-2 Deuterium Tungsten Light Source was shone onto the Ocean Optics Red Tide USB650 UV sensor. Then, a polarizer was held between the light source oriented at its polarization angle and a second spectrum was obtained. Next, the polarizer was rotated 90 degrees to allow maximal transmission through the filter and another spectrum was obtained. Finally, two polarizers were held between the light source and the center oriented at their polarization axes and the final spectrum was obtained. The following graph shows the results.